John Man, author of “Saladin: The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire.” The information available on Saladin’s early years is surprisingly sparse.

Often considered the most famous Kurd ever, Saladin was the sultan of a massive area that encompassed modern-day Egypt, Syria, portions of Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen, and other regions of North Africa. He ...

The film Kingdom of Heaven depicts the final years of Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, but what's the true history behind the movie? Through courage and dedication, Baldwin the Leper King has protected ...

How, asks historian Anne-Marie Eddé, did Saladin, a “relentless jihad fighter,’’ come to be identified as a “valiant, generous, and magnanimous’’ figure among his former foes? Her ...

His story begins with an Arab victory: the Kurdish Sultan Saladin's triumphant entry into Jerusalem in 1187. Saladin explicitly forbade reprisals and insisted that the city revert to its former ...